English

Noun

desquamation ‎(countable and uncountable, plural desquamations)

1. (medicine) The shedding of the outer layers of the skin. For example, once the rash of measles fades, there is desquamation.

Related terms

• squama

References

• desquamation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• desquamation at OneLook Dictionary Search